IT Security Analyst Jobs in the UK excluding London

IT Security Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Security Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 752 666 800
Rank change year-on-year -86 +134 -170
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Security Analyst 28 62 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.035% 0.11% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.13% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 24 46 67
10th Percentile £31,550 £32,500 £31,100
25th Percentile £40,938 £37,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,147 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% -26.42% +41.18%
75th Percentile - £52,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £55,250 £58,750 £71,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -22.41% +28.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Security Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured IT Security Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Security Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Security Analyst in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Security Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Security Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Security Analyst in the UK excluding London

IT Security Analyst
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Security Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West -28 15 £45,000 +1.60% 1
South East -30 6 £42,000 -20.00% 5
North of England +7 4 £40,000 - 1
Yorkshire +66 3 £40,000 -
West Midlands -20 3 £30,000 -31.82% 1
Midlands -48 3 £30,000 -32.58% 1
North East - 1 £40,000 -
IT Security Analyst
UK

IT Security Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT Security Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Security Analyst in the job title.

1 26 (92.86%) Cybersecurity
2 20 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 19 (67.86%) Information Security
3 19 (67.86%) SIEM
4 18 (64.29%) Security Operations
5 14 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
5 14 (50.00%) CISSP
6 13 (46.43%) Vulnerability Management
6 13 (46.43%) NIST
7 12 (42.86%) Retail
8 11 (39.29%) Network Monitoring
8 11 (39.29%) Degree
8 11 (39.29%) Data Loss Prevention
8 11 (39.29%) Cloud Security
9 10 (35.71%) CompTIA CySA+
9 10 (35.71%) Master's Degree
9 10 (35.71%) Data Protection
9 10 (35.71%) E-Commerce
10 9 (32.14%) PCI DSS
10 9 (32.14%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (32.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (32.14%) CASB
10 9 (32.14%) GDPR
11 7 (25.00%) Azure
11 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
12 6 (21.43%) Incident Response
12 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
12 6 (21.43%) Banking
12 6 (21.43%) Windows

IT Security Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 7 (25.00%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) AWS
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) Firewall
2 3 (10.71%) LAN
2 3 (10.71%) Network Security
2 3 (10.71%) WAN
2 3 (10.71%) Wireless
3 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 12 (42.86%) Retail
2 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (21.43%) Banking
4 3 (10.71%) Finance
5 1 (3.57%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 14 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
2 9 (32.14%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (17.86%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.14%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.57%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Linux
2 3 (10.71%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (92.86%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (67.86%) Information Security
2 19 (67.86%) SIEM
3 18 (64.29%) Security Operations
4 13 (46.43%) Vulnerability Management
5 11 (39.29%) Cloud Security
5 11 (39.29%) Data Loss Prevention
5 11 (39.29%) Network Monitoring
6 10 (35.71%) Data Protection
6 10 (35.71%) E-Commerce
7 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (32.14%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 6 (21.43%) Incident Response
9 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 3 (10.71%) Customer Service
10 3 (10.71%) Network Design
10 3 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
10 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
10 3 (10.71%) SOAR
10 3 (10.71%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 14 (50.00%) CISSP
2 11 (39.29%) Degree
3 10 (35.71%) CompTIA CySA+
3 10 (35.71%) Master's Degree
4 4 (14.29%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (10.71%) AWS Certification
5 3 (10.71%) Azure Certification
5 3 (10.71%) CISM
5 3 (10.71%) MCP
5 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (46.43%) NIST
2 9 (32.14%) GDPR
2 9 (32.14%) PCI DSS
3 3 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (10.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (7.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.57%) SLA
Systems Management
1 9 (32.14%) CASB
2 3 (10.71%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 20 (71.43%) Microsoft